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Women’s Addiction Treatment Program Opens at The Sundance CenterSM in Arizona

February 6, 2015 / By / Promises News

An exclusive residential treatment program for women seeking to recover from addictions and co-occurring relationship issues, trauma, grief and other underlying disorders opens at The Sundance Center. Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) February 5, 2015 – The Sundance Center, a Joint Commission-accredited residential addiction treatment center in Arizona, opens a gender-separate women’s addiction treatment program. The program …

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Self-Centeredness vs. Self-Care in Addiction Recovery

January 20, 2015 / By / Recovery

In the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, it states that alcoholism is a disease of self-centeredness. This can also be said of addiction to any substance or any unhealthy behavior, such as gambling or sex addiction. While you were actively addicted, your need to drink or drug trumped any other need or it definitely came …

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5 Books to Read in Treatment or Early Sobriety

January 15, 2015 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Staying Sober

When you’re overcoming an addiction, staying sober is a full-time job. Whether it’s the rigid schedule of a rehab center or your own internal battles with cravings, you have a lot on your mind in the earliest stages of recovery. But then it all falls away—fewer rehab commitments you’re just spending less time thinking about …

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Fitting In At AA or NA Meetings

January 12, 2015 / By / Recovery

Do you feel like you don’t fit in when you go to meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous? Many people who are newly sober feel uncomfortable at first and resist the idea of going to AA or NA meetings. They may express reasons why they feel they don’t belong and are quick to insist …

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Facing Fears in Addiction Recovery

January 2, 2015 / By / Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Personal Resources, Recovery, Relapse Prevention

Getting sober can be a scary experience. In order to live a life that doesn’t include drugs or alcohol, you have to give up the substances that have been giving you at least some degree of relief from the uncomfortable feelings that often happen in life. You may also have to give up habits, such …

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Tips on How to Deal with an Alcoholic Family Member During the Holidays

December 27, 2014 / By / Alcohol Abuse

The holidays are a wonderful opportunity to get together and catch up with family and friends that you may not have seen in a while. However, the stress of preparing holiday dinners, buying gifts and decorating your home are likely to leave you yearning for a quiet, peaceful family gathering.

Yoga, Meditation, Mindfulness and Recovery

December 24, 2014 / By / Recovery

Like most people, my views as an adult are a direct result of my early family life and upbringing. I was raised by my mother in an extremely open and liberal milieu—my world was filled with art, music and books. The bright, chaotic primary reds and yellows of post-modern art hung on the walls of …

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Giving Back in Recovery

December 10, 2014 / By Promises Behavioral Health / Recovery

When a person is addicted to drugs or alcohol, she is struggling with a disease that makes her very selfish. She lives only to feed her need, and others are often shoved aside. Addicts commit crimes to get drugs. They neglect family. Some are even abusive to those they love. At the very least, addicts …

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Mindfulness Helps Reduce Long-Term Relapse Rates

December 4, 2014 / By / Relapse Prevention

Mindfulness is a mental state characterized by heightened awareness of changes in your thoughts, feelings and physical sensations, as well as in your surroundings. Current evidence indicates the training in basic mindfulness principles can improve substance treatment participants’ ability to establish a pattern of drug or alcohol abstinence. In a study published in August 2014 …

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Step Four: Minding My Own Business

November 25, 2014 / By / Personal Resources

Mindfulness is the heart of my recovery. I’ve said it in AA meetings, I’ve said it in NA meetings, I’ve said it to my sponsor and I’ve said it to my friends. I’ve also written about it here, in many different contexts: from mindfulness and exercise to mindful walking, mindful cooking or describing a mindful …

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